The Bomb

Even though I thought that this 2-hour history-documentary (from PBS) did tend to go on for a bit too long - I still felt that it was certainly interesting enough to hold my undivided attention, for the most part.

Through stills and vintage film-clips (as well as interviews with Historians and Weapons Designers) - "The Bomb" offered the viewer a very informative and in-depth history of the atomic bomb, starting from year that it was first created (and first detonated) back in 1945, 70 years ago.

And, even though it's hard to believe sometimes - (The truth is) - To this very day, we all still live in the oppressive shadow of the atomic bomb.

And, with that in mind - We can only hope that through the clear understanding of this weapon's mighty destructive power, man will, hopefully, have the sound intelligence and clear foresight to keep his itchy finger off the button.

The camera work done in this video is shot like a high schooler got a little carried away with video editing. Very distracting. Why do they do this? There is also a great amount of the story left out and some of this makes it quite misleading as well as it would make it a lot more interesting. I could go on, but if you are truly interested in the Manhattan project, do more research yourself.

'The Bomb' (2015) provides a historical account of the humanity's most destructive weapons i.e. nuclear bombs starting in the 1930s up to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, and comments in short on the current global situation.

It will prove quite informative especially for the young generations who have not lived through any major nuclear crises. One can see in hindsight the steps humanity took in weaponising a scientific discovery leading to the deaths of hundreds of thousands at the hands of such devices.

However, I did not like the impartial and supremacist comments; one such example from the documentary is a person saying that the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki paid for their sins. Deaths of thousands of citizens, including women and children, appear to be justified from the filmmakers viewpoint. The recklessness in radiation protection, especially while conducting the Hydrogen Bomb tests is also quickly skimmed over. It's hypocritical to comment on the chances and the consequences of other nations using nuclear weapons, even though United States remains the only nation to have done so.

Nevertheless, The Bomb provides a very good collection of media to go with the events from the pages of history and so I recommend watching it but... reread the title.